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Getty ImagesUS President Donald Trump has denied limiting Ukraine’s access to Starlink’s sister internet network Starshield after it restricted drone speed, hampering Kyiv’s ability to protect itself from Russian attacks.”I wasn’t me and I don’t think it was [Starlink owner] Elon [Musk],” Trump said, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said speed had yet to be restored.Musk himself suggested the US government might have been behind the restrictions, while Reuters news agency reported on Thursday that the order had come from inside the White House.Ukraine was hit by several deadly strikes on Tuesday after the network slowdown.The US had previously…
Watch: BBC follows Ukraine’s Operation Vivaldi pushing Russia back on frontlineA Russian drone zips across the computer screen, startling the commanders keeping watch over the battlefield via a live stream in their bunker.Cigarette in one hand, radio in the other, one of them calls in their own drone to bring it down and warns the soldiers below of the threat. The men are dangerously exposed, on the long walk across open ground from their front line positions. They are being replaced after three months forcing the Russians back.This is part of Operation Vivaldi, a Ukrainian counter-offensive which they say has…
LIVETrump says new White House press secretary Zacharia should ‘reconsider’ job days after starting roleKatie Zacharia has given only one White House briefing after she was picked for the job a week ago.
Watch: Will Ukraine get the support needed as tensions with US rise?Zelensky thanked the “real leaders” ahead of a meeting with the EU in Brussels.2 hrs agoEurope
LIVEBystander ‘heroically intervened’ after three children and teacher killed in US school shootingThree children, aged five, eight and 11, and a teacher were killed in the attack at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, police say.
Watch: Israeli settlers attack Palestinians in West Bank during olive harvestDozens of masked settlers have attacked Palestinians and set fire to cars and olive trees during the annual olive harvest in the occupied West Bank.A BBC team witnessed one of several attacks in farmland near the Palestinian village of Abu Falah. A local official said the attacks had injured 12 Palestinians, including four dual Palestinian American citizens. A foreign journalist was also among those hurt.Driving into the area early in the morning, we came across the first signs of the violence: a stream of cars carrying wounded Palestinian olive farmers…
Press AssociationJoshua Foster “lost control” of his son after placing him on a windowsill, a court in Cyprus heardA father whose two-year-old boy fell from a fourth floor window at a hotel in Cyprus has been fined €3,000 (£2,500) for causing his death.Joshua Foster thought the window was closed when he placed his son on a sill to show him the view of a waterpark and “lost control” of him, Paphos District Court previously heard.The toddler fell nearly 40ft (12.1m) at the five-star King Evelthon Beach Hotel and Resort on 12 July, the first day of the family’s holiday in…
Watch: Did Tesla really just unveil a flying car?Tesla CEO Elon Musk showcased the vehicle at a facility owned by his SpaceX company, which helped develop the model.40 mins agoTechnology
Israeli settlers attack Palestinians in West Bank during olive harvestIsraeli settlers were seen attacking Palestinian farmers and setting fire to olive trees in the West Bank.30 mins agoMiddle East
Getty ImagesChina has been positioning itself as a mediator for conflicts in the Middle EastChinese foreign minister Wang Yi has told Israel to stop its “forced establishment” of settlements in the West Bank and reverse its actions, his office said.The “Palestinian question” is “the greatest historical injustice of this century”, Wang told Israeli President Isaac Herzog in a face-to-face meeting on the sidelines of a conference in Azerbaijan on Thursday. Beijing has been a longstanding supporter of the Palestinian cause and has maintained that a “two-state solution” is the “correct direction”.It has also been positioning itself as a mediator for…